Shingle



April 13 1926. 1.530.756

' J. A NHJRFEAY SHINGLE Filed March 14. i925 2 SheetsSheet 1 Mozneqsl Apri 15.3 1926. 1,580,756

' J. A. MURRAY SHINGLE v Filed March 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ill patented Apr. E3, 1926.

JOSEFH A. MURRAY, OF YGRH. PENNSYLVANIA.

EHINGILE.

Application filed March il 1925. Serial No. 15,540.

To all whom, it may 007106791.

Be it known that I, Josnen A. IYIURRAYI afcitiz-en of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State oi Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Shingles, of which the following is e specification, reference beinghedtherein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to new end useful improvements, in shingles and more perticulerly to e composition shingle which is out from at strip or sheet of felt or other fibrous materiel thoroughly coatml with asphelt or other water proof materiel and suitably surfaced.

The principal object of the invention resides in forming the shingle with n )l'OjeC- tion on oneside edge, intermediate tie top and bottom edges, said projection allow ing the proper spacing of the shingles when laid upon a. roof, the projection engaging the edge of on adjacent shingle whereby to space the stripslongitudinally and the bottom edge of the pro ection acting as a gauge for pro erly spacing the shingles vertically.

'Anot ier ob ect of the invention resides in so forming the shingle that the portion thereof lying beyond one end (lithe projection is of greater width then the portion lying beyond the opposite end of the projection, this formation allowing the shingles to be reversed, if desired; to have eifposed spaces, between the lower ends of the shin les. of diiferent widths or allowing the s in Ice to be laid. to provide the great est possi gle bearing surface for the overlying shingles and allowing for variations in the spacing of the shingles.

Still another object resides in so forming the projection on one side edge ofthe shingle that the shingles may be out from a. strip or sheet in the manner as disclosed in my copending application executed of even date herewith whereby there will be no waste of material and all shingles will be of a similar formation whereby they may be Stacked 01 packed for shi 'nnent. 4

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds my invention consists in the noi'el details of constrin-tion, and arrangement of parts, described in the following speeiliea- .tion and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and While I have illustrated and.

T described the preferred embodiments of the invention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood that such cha'nges me be made as will fall within the scope 0 theappended claim.

In the drawings: I Fig. 1 is a,- pe-rspeetive of my shingle. Fig. 2 is at top plan showing plumlit of shingles laid in the formation in whic they W1 1 appear upon a roof. I

is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a slight variation in the laying or positioning of the shingles.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line of F 3 looking in the direction ofthe arrows, on

Fig. 5 is a bottom edge view of Fig. 3.

Composition sl'iingles of the characterizewhich my invention relates are ordinarily out, as has been stated, from 8. str on sheet of the material and it can readily he opprecieted that theyshonld be of such it iorination as tonllow them to be out With- I out waste of material. My shingle is of such at construction as to allow for this. At the some time by forming the projection on the side of the shingles as I do the shingle will. be what may he termed l1. selfspueing shingle so that it may be laid upon a roof without the necessity of employing experienced help and may he reversed if desired.

In the drawings 1 indicates a composition shingle preferably formed of a base of felt or other lihrons materiel entirely coated with asphalt or other wzil'er proof material and suitably surfaced with grit or the like. The body has the normal top edge 2, normal bottom edge 3 and side edges i and 5, a projection (i being formed on the side edge fl intermediate the top and bottom edges 2 and 3. The projection (i is preferably of a, length equal to the distance between the normal bottom end 7 thereof and the normal bottom edge 3 of the shingle and the Width of that portion of the body lying between the upper end 8 of the projection and the top edge 2 is of greater width than that portion lying beyond the bottom edge 7 of The formation of the projection 6 oh one side edge of the shingle allowsthe shingles lo belnides more )articu'larly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of t e drawings. The longishingles will be positioned in line with the lower end 7 ()l the bottom. row ol shingles.

'Thus the ehinglceare so lo'rnicd that they may very easily be spaced both longitndi nally and vertically to form a roof which is neat in appearance and in which the shingles. of composite form, will simulate as has been stated, the ordinary roof of wood shingles or tiles.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I have illustrated the shingles laid witi the longitudinal edge of the projection positioned on the ver ticzil center line of that shingle which it over-laps whcreas' in Fig. 3 ol' the drawings I have illustrated the shingles laid with the longitudinal edge of the projection of the over-lying shingle positioned on one side of the vertical center line of that shingle which it over-laps. -l 3y having the normal upper end of the shingle of greater width than the normal lower end thereof it will be appreciated that when the shingles are laid upon the roof that there will be less space between the adjacent shingles at the top than at, the bottom. This formation is ol considerable advantage in laying the shingles as shown in Fig. ii and a greater bearing, surface will he provided for the overdying shingles than would he the case if a greater space was provided between the adjacent shingles. it the eunie time by having one end ofythe shingle of greater width than the other ii desired th shingles may be reversed to provide a less space between the shinglce at the exposed ends thereof. By providing the projection of a length equal to the length of the normally exposed portion ol' the .-hin; le it will be seen that the bottom or lower end of the projecthm of an overlying or overlapping Fhinglc will normally he on the same horizontal line as the upper or top end of the projection of the underlying or overlapped shingle, this aiding; in properly posit toiling or spacing the shingles when laying.

I wish it understood that I do not des re to be limited to the spccilic dimcn-ion illus trated in the drawings and while 1 have illnetratcil the distance between the normal top edge 2 of the shingle and the end 8 of the. projection as somewhat less than the distance between the normal bottom edge and the end T of the projection that the distances between the Ulltia of the projection and the ends of the shingles may he aried to provide the desired exposure when the shingles are laid.

llaving l'ully descrihed my invention what i claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shingle of the character dcsrrihed conip'rirsing a body portion having; one vertical edge straight and the other vertical edge formed. with a projection extending there-- 'li'UlIl intermediate the top and bottom edges, said. projection having a straight outer edge and one end thereof extending inwardly of the body portion a greater distance than the opposite end whereby that portion of the hody lying hcyond one end of the projection will be of l'()tlt(3l width than that portion lying beyond the opposite end.

- in testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

JOSEPH A. MURRAY. 

